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Wednesday, 15 July 2026

• Netstrings (1997)
  cr.yp.to · Discuss

• The lost joy of music piracy
  pigeonsandplanes.com · Discuss

• Stop saying that AI is just a tool and it only matters how it is used
  frank.computer · Discuss

• My Throw Decides My Aim
  thegustafson.com · Discuss

• If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe
  madcampos.dev · Discuss

• Making 768 servers look like 1
  planetscale.com · Discuss

• Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner's Meta Glasses Campaign
  hyperallergic.com · Discuss

• 1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored
  openculture.com · Discuss

• Fleet: Hierarchical Task-Based Abstraction for Megakernels on Multi-Die GPUs
  arxiv.org · Discuss

• Can LLMs Perform Deep Technical Comprehension of Computer Architecture Papers
  arxiv.org · Discuss

• The Tokio/Rayon Trap and Why Async/Await Fails Concurrency
  pmbanugo.me · Discuss

• Bluesky Trademarks ATProto
  atproto.com · Discuss

• Show HN: One More Letter
  playonemoreletter.com · Discuss

• Nul Characters in Strings in SQLite
  sqlite.org · Discuss

• Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials (2018)
  chemistry.berkeley.edu · Discuss

• The Anti-Mac User Interface (1996)
  nngroup.com · Discuss

• SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
  mort.coffee · Discuss

• LLM Networking with MikroTik
  blog.greg.technology · Discuss

• P2P local file transfer based on WebRTC
  pairdrop.net · Discuss

• Speculative Growth and the AI "Bubble" [pdf]
  economics.mit.edu · Discuss

• We don't use AI in any of our design or production processes
  mass-driver.com · Discuss

• The End of Creativity
  hugodaniel.com · Discuss

• Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]
  siegelendowment.org · Discuss

• Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly
  developer.puter.com · Discuss

• Brainless: Shadcn components that look like Claude Code, Codex and Grok
  brainless.swerdlow.dev · Discuss

• Voxatron
  lexaloffle.com · Discuss

• Why I Left Google DeepMind
  turntrout.com · Discuss

• Murati's Thinking Machines Releases Open-Weights 975B Parameter LLM
  thinkingmachines.ai · Discuss

• Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model
  thinkingmachines.ai · Discuss

• Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Software Engineers
  jobs.ashbyhq.com · Discuss

• Primate Is the Last Great Web Framework
  superarch.org · Discuss

• A General Goal-Conditioned Minecraft Model
  pantograph.com · Discuss

• Collection of Digital Clock Designs
  clocks.dev · Discuss

• FreeBSD 16 Retires the Last of Its GPL Code from Its Base System
  phoronix.com · Discuss

• Starlink 2X Price Increase
  corporatejetinvestor.com · Discuss

• What designing 54 computer science cards taught me about graphic design
  fhoehl.com · Discuss

• Unsolved Problems in MLOps
  spawn-queue.acm.org · Discuss

• Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right
  theloop.ecpr.eu · Discuss

• Codex Micro
  openai.com · Discuss

• Launch HN: Coasty (YC S26) – An API for computer-use agents
  coasty.ai · Discuss

• When A.I. is a member of the family
  newyorker.com · Discuss

• Running Gemma 4 26B at 5 tokens/sec on a 13-year-old Xeon with no GPU
  neomindlabs.com · Discuss

• DEA to Temporarily Schedule 7-Oh and Related Substances to Protect Public Safety
  dea.gov · Discuss

• OpenAI loses trademark dispute at EU court
  dpa-international.com · Discuss

• CVE-2026-59208: Cross-Issuer Account Takeover in n8n
  strix.ai · Discuss

• My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded
  zocalopublicsquare.org · Discuss

• The well-calibrated Bayesian [pdf] (1982)
  fitelson.org · Discuss

• US House of Representatives takes step to make daylight saving time permanent
  bbc.com · Discuss

• Show HN: 18KB ls alternative in no_std rust and Libc
  crates.io · Discuss

• Pong Wars on the Commodore 64
  imrannazar.com · Discuss

• Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?
  news.ycombinator.com · Discuss

• Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)
  dev.moe · Discuss

• Privacy Incidents – Real-world examples of why your photos need protection
  snapsafe.org · Discuss

• The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence
  smarterarticles.co.uk · Discuss

• Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled
  ghacks.net · Discuss

• SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status
  ft.com · Discuss

• What `for x in y` hides from you – From Scratch Code
  fromscratchcode.com · Discuss

• What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles?
  blog.omgmog.net · Discuss

• Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy
  schweizerbart.de · Discuss

• Briar is in maintenance mode
  briarproject.org · Discuss

• Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine
  longnow.org · Discuss

• Jiga (YC W21) is hiring the best people to make manufacturing great again
  jiga.io · Discuss

• Show HN: Make senders work to get into your inbox
  captchainbox.com · Discuss

• Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)
  academic.oup.com · Discuss

• Filmgrab: Films A-Z
  film-grab.com · Discuss

• Prioritize mental health, and why communication is so important
  ramones.dev · Discuss

• Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion every time
  papers.ssrn.com · Discuss

• Floating Companion: Exploring Design Space for Soft Floating Robots in Indoor
  dl.acm.org · Discuss

• Societal Impacts: Claude's values across models and languages
  anthropic.com · Discuss

• DSLs Enable Reliable Use of LLMs
  martinfowler.com · Discuss

• Telegram Serverless
  core.telegram.org · Discuss

• Using Go for Mobile Apps
  davidsobsessions.com · Discuss

• America pays workers just 27% of what its wealth allows – the worst in the OECD
  fortune.com · Discuss

Tuesday, 14 July 2026

• Who's running all those tiny RPKI servers?
  blog.apnic.net · Discuss

• I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets
  ayush.digital · Discuss

• RISC-V Is Inevitable: State of the Union Keynote Argues
  eetimes.com · Discuss

• LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft
  news.ycombinator.com · Discuss

• Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
  fabiensanglard.net · Discuss

• High-Bandwidth Flash offers efficient storage for model weights
  spectrum.ieee.org · Discuss

• Global Warming at 3 °C by 2050? What's Behind the New German Climate Warning
  worldcrunch.com · Discuss

• TS-2026-009: Insecure argument handling in Tailscale SSH permitted root access
  tailscale.com · Discuss

• Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B
  fortune.com · Discuss

• Solving 20 Erdős Problems with 20 Codex Accounts Running in Parallel
  starfleetmath.com · Discuss

• Vancouver PD website features Quick Escape button that wipes itself from history
  vpd.ca · Discuss

• Linear is always a lagging indicator
  remark.ing · Discuss

• LeMario: Training a JEPA World Model on Super Mario Bros
  benjamin-bai.com · Discuss

• Twain Town, USA
  theamericanscholar.org · Discuss

• Probably check on your smart appliances
  xeiaso.net · Discuss

• Financing the AI boom: from cash flows to debt [pdf]
  bis.org · Discuss

• Microsoft Deletes User's 25-Year-Old Account with Thousands Spent on Games
  xcancel.com · Discuss

• Microsoft has released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes
  krebsonsecurity.com · Discuss

• How I use HTMX with Go
  alexedwards.net · Discuss

• StubHub, CEO hit with ‘deceptive practices’ class action over mass scalping
  cbc.ca · Discuss

• The Memory Heist
  ayush.digital · Discuss

• Show HN: A Free RSS reader with a configurable recommendation engine
  sprinklz.io · Discuss

• I also filed the corners off my MacBook
  brt.fyi · Discuss

• Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left
  mindgard.ai · Discuss

• Bonsai 27B: A 27B-Class model that runs on a phone
  prismml.com · Discuss

• Kontigo (YC S24) Is Hiring (Head of Security)
  ycombinator.com · Discuss

• The Tower Keeps Rising
  lucumr.pocoo.org · Discuss

• S&P downgrades Oracle to BBB – only one notch above junk level
  heise.de · Discuss

• Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK
  marco-nett.de · Discuss

• Launch HN: Agnost AI (YC S26) – Extract user feedback from agent conversations
  agnost.ai · Discuss

• Show HN: Opening lines of famous literary works
  verbaprima.com · Discuss

• I'm a USB-C Maximalist
  shkspr.mobi · Discuss

• Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
  artfish.ai · Discuss

• The Agentic Loop: Three loops in a trench coat
  bobbytables.io · Discuss

• Agnes Callard’s theory of the uni-context
  derekthompson.org · Discuss

• Tambara Equipment
  bartoszmilewski.com · Discuss

• OpenAI mandates hardware-backed passkeys for Trusted Access Cyber members
  yubico.com · Discuss

• The Conservationist Who Turned 40 Terabytes of Public Data into a Video Game
  blog.exe.dev · Discuss

• Serena Williams Fit-Dex
  serena-williams-fitdex.netlify.app · Discuss

• Proof of care in the age of AI
  jacobfilipp.com · Discuss

• Tensor Is the Might
  zserge.com · Discuss

• Guardian Angels: LLM Personalization for Productivity and Security
  gwern.net · Discuss

• Coding agents think ahead of time
  arxiv.org · Discuss

• Differentiable Fortran with LFortran and Enzyme
  docs.pasteurlabs.ai · Discuss

• Germany set to restrict its Freedom of Information Act
  dw.com · Discuss

• How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing
  jola.dev · Discuss

• Mathematical texts from a Maya site in Guatemala identify an ancient astronomer
  nature.com · Discuss

• The Definition of Done
  adi.bio · Discuss

• Punch yourself in the face with reality
  adi.bio · Discuss

• No Spanish reading crisis?
  commonreader.co.uk · Discuss

• Codex scraped the ICM website and discovered 2026 Fields Medal winner list
  phemex.com · Discuss

• The Future Worth Building Is Human
  thinkingmachines.ai · Discuss

• Actegories
  bartoszmilewski.com · Discuss

• The great digital fatigue: How digital burnout is changing social media use
  blog.incogni.com · Discuss

• C3 0.8.2 a Modest Improvement
  c3-lang.org · Discuss

• Job queues are deceptively tricky
  typesanitizer.com · Discuss

• Alternative(s) to run CUDA on non-Nvidia hardware
  hpcwire.com · Discuss

• Two Case Studies of NaN
  sebsite.pw · Discuss

Monday, 13 July 2026

• Indian scientists produce most detailed 3D atlas of the human brainstem
  bbc.com · Discuss

• The Last Picture Show: A Conversation with George Lucas
  a-rabbitsfoot.com · Discuss

• Just Let Me Write Digits
  gendx.dev · Discuss